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Northern Cup Motocross Series Round 9: Pine Ridge Raceway Weinkauf launched off the pad ahead of Tyler Smulders and Mark Schick in the first 125cc B mota. Smulders and Schick came together after the finish-line jump, both hitting the ground; Smulders got up first, chasing Eric Weise, who took over second. Schick slowly remounted STORY AND PHOTOS BY PETE EMME ATHELSTANE, WI, SEPT. 15 are than 360 entrants shredded /jJJ up the dark sands of Pine Ridge Raceway during round nine of the Northern Cup Motocross Series. With one round remaining, Yamaha rider Phil Gauthier wrapped up the season championship in the Masters Over 25 and Vet A divisions - and he did it convincingly, with four mota wins on the day. Gauthier has been the most successful rider in the fiercely contested series, but his four mota wins were not easy, as he had to fight through some traffic early on and overtake leader Matthew Frasch in two of those motos. Matt Hopkins was perfect on his start in the first mota of the day as he led 25 125cc Junior lads to the first turn on his YZ125. Dan Weinkauf was on Hopkins' tail, with "Flyin" Ryan Gilbert in tow. Hopkins quickly move out in front of the pack by four bike lengths as they reached the rhythm section. Jacob LaCount suffered a poor start but was moving through the pack, as was Kawasaki jockey Jake Dobbratz, who went from 12th to fourth after the first lap, ahead of LaCount. Hopkins doubled his lead by the end of the second lap and cruised to the first-mota win. Weinkauf and Gilbert maintained their positions to finish second and third, respectively. Dobbratz and LaCount battled to the end, with Dobbratz getting the nod for fourth. Hopkins again dominated the second mota to get the win. LaCount grabbed second to finish third overall, while 125cc Junior series points m 64 OCTOBER 31,2001 • cue' e (Above) Tyler Smulders scored a big second-molo win for the overall 125cc B victory at Pine Ridge Raceway. (Below right) Gauthier had to work his way through the pack in Masters Over 25 action. Here, he's about to take the lead from Jeff Erickson (44) at the halfway poinL leader Weinkauf scored 2·3 for second overall. Phil Gauthier got the first-mota win over runner-up Rod Mineau, in the Vet A Over 30 class. Matt Frasch finished fourth in the first mota but had victory in his mind for the second mota, and he jumped out to the lead to show Gauthier the way. Frasch held a nice lead for the first three laps but Gauthier stole it away in the back section near the sand wash to take the lead and the win. Frasch held on to second but finished third overall, behind Mineau. Tom Nielson grabbed the holeshot in the first Masters Over 25 mota, ahead of Frasch, Rob Hansen and Jeff Erickson, while Gauthier had some trouble getting off the concrete pad with some clutch problems, which n e _ s have plagued him recently. Frasch was on Nielson's heels when Frasch's Suzuki unexpectedly took a wicked kick and swapped hard over the offset high-speed single. Frasch quickly remounted in fifth, but the battle had just begun for Gauthier, as he came within striking distance of Erickson for second. Nielson went into the back section with a comfortable lead, only to stall his thumper, lettinl3 Erickson take over the reins, with Gauthier breathing down his back. Erickson held the lead for the rest of that lap until Gauthier powered his way past by outbraking Erickson to the next corner to take over the lead and cruise to the come·from-behind win. Frasch was the man on the gas after his soil sample, working his way back into second by mota's end. Erickson rounded out the top three. John Stewart nailed the holeshot in the second mota, ahead of Gauthier and Frasch. Gauthier soon worked his way past Stewart and scored his fourth mota win of the day and wrapped up two titles. Frasch (2-2) settled for second, while Erickson (3-3) was third overall. midpack, losing any hopes of contending for the lead. Weinkauf moved out to a modest lead while Weise and Smulders battled for position. Smulders and Weise tangled while battling for second; Weise hit the ground, while Smulders took over second. It was too late for Smulders to catch the leader, as Weinkauf stayed up front, running all alone to the end. Smulders got second and Weise finished third. Cody Wills was fourth. Matt Mraz jumped into the lead in the second mota, with Wills close behind. Weinkauf was fourth but moved into the lead in the uphill section, with Wills in second and Smul· ders moving Mraz out of the way for third. Weinkauf couldn't hang on to the lead, as Smulders took over en route to the win and the overall. Weinkauf (1-2) settled for second overall. Weise, Wills and Mraz rounded out the top five. eN Pine Ridge Raceway Athelstane, Wisconsin Results: September 15, 2001 [Round 91 WMN: 1. Heather Roach; 2, April Bosworth; 3. Abigail Tachick: 4. Shawna Zantow; 5. Brandy Maske. P/W JR: 1. Cole Prichard; 2. Chris Benavide; 3. Brody Breitzman; 4. Bradley Blomquist; 5. Ryan Nystrom. P/W SR: 1. Lukas Katers; 2. Nathene lAPorte; 3. Hunter Nystrom; 4. Phelan Stillmen; 5. Adam Savoge. M.INI 65: 1. Travis Frossetto; 2. Kyle Duppler, 3. Chase Nystrom; 4. Wade Gilbert; 5. Kail McCormock. MINI JR 80: 1. Cody Sokolik; 2. Jesse Frassetto; 3. Travis Frassetlo; 4. John Venderzllnde; 5. Kyle Duppler. I'UNI SR 80: 1. Billy Holzhauer,' 2. Ryan Gilbert; 3. Brion Collins; 4. Jocob Davis; 5. Cory Iverson. t 25 JR: 1. Mett Hopkins; 2. Don Weinkauf; 3. Jocob laCount; 4. Ryan Gilbert: 5. Broc Stroebel. SPTSMN A: 1. Jeremy Hackbarth. SPTSMN B: 1. Mark Schick; 2. Eric Weise; 3. Craig Wallace: 4. Jeremi Smith; 5. Michael Groleau. MSTR 25+: 1. Phil Geuthier; 2. MlItthew Frasch; 3. Jeff Erickson; 4. Shane Visintainer; 5. John Stewart. VET A 30.. : 1. Phil Gauthier. 2. Rod Mineau; 3. Matthew Frasch; 4. Jeff Erickson; 5. Tom Nielson. VET B 30+: I. Eric Derlein; 2. Scott Fifarek: 3. Bryan Barstow; 4. Mike Fnmkini; 5. Kevin O'Rourke. SR 40+: 1. Mike Frankini: 2. Shown O'Brien; 3. Tim Boblin; 4. David Behnke; 5. John Stroebel. SR 50.: 1. Mel Piontek; 2. Doug Boumonn: 3. Dave Arva. 125 A: 1. Matt Hopkins: 2. Jeremy Hackbarth: 3. Scott Stamsta. 125 B: 1. Tyler Smulders; 2. Dan Weinkauf; 3. Eric Weise; 4. Cody Wills; 5. Matthew Mraz. 125 C 0-1: 1. Stanley Nooyen; 2. Kevin Vandenbush; 3. Dan Fletcher; 4. Bryan Moltger; 5. Todd Sarazin. 125 C 0-2: 1. Devin Haws; 2. Cory Gauthier; 3. Michael Groleau; 4. Karlin WeIse: 5. Jeremy Johnson. 250 A: 1. Rod Mineau: 2. Jeremy Hackbarth. 250 B: 1. Dan Weinkauf; 2. Jeremi Smith; 3. Eric Weise; 4. Chris Junkans; 5. Shawn Keller. 250 C: 1. Jacob LaCount; 2. Nick Furno; 3. Donald Kamz; 4. Cory Augustine; 5. Brien Hess. OPEN: 1. Rod Mineeu; 2. Eric Peters; 3. Robert Edler; 4. Shawn O'Brien; 5. Brad Baumann. VINT: 1. Donald Kamz; 2. Scott Fifarek; 3. John Hoof; 4. Shawn O'Brien; 5. Jamie Wotruba.